FRA 05-22

May 13, 2022

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FRA Announces New Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Program to Guide 

Nationwide Expansion and Enhancement of Intercity Passenger Rail Service

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today 

established the new Corridor Identification and Development (ID) Program, which is the first

step in an unprecedented undertaking to transform America’s passenger rail network through 

President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

The Corridor ID Program will establish a pipeline of projects ready for funding – allowing them 

to be implemented faster and with greater coordination than ever before. The program will serve 

as a key vehicle for directing federal investments and technical assistance toward new or 

improved intercity passenger rail services across the nation. 

"Americans deserve what people in many other countries currently benefit from: a world-class 

rail system that allows you to get where you need to go quickly and affordably, while reducing 

traffic and pollution on our roads," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. "In 

launching the Corridor Identification and Development Program, which was made possible 

thanks to President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we are taking a major step to 

transform America's passenger rail network and connect our smallest towns and our biggest 

cities with great train service."

“The Corridor ID Program will help expand intercity passenger rail service beyond the Northeast 

Corridor,” FRA Administrator Amit Bose said. “This is just one of many ways the Bipartisan 

Infrastructure Law is bringing about the next great rail revolution.”

President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law on Nov. 15, 2021 – which made the 

largest investment in passenger rail since the creation of Amtrak, including $1.8 billion for the 

Corridor ID program. The law directed the Secretary of Transportation to establish the Corridor 

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ID Program within 180 days, giving public entities a formal mechanism to partner with FRA to 

develop proposals that will expand, enhance, or restore passenger rail service in their

communities. Within a year, FRA will submit an annual report to Congress on the program and 

its project pipeline.

In February, FRA published a Request for Information to inform the program’s key components. 

That solicitation attracted hundreds of responses from a diverse range of stakeholders, which 

helped inform the Corridor ID program.

Following today’s establishment of the Corridor ID Program, FRA will be soliciting formal 

proposals for the program within this calendar year. FRA will select corridors for participation in 

the program based on readiness to commence development and statutory criteria. For each 

selected proposal, FRA will work with the entity that submitted the proposal, the relevant states, 

and, as appropriate, Amtrak to prepare or update a service development plan. 

“The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is an opportunity to build a better America, and the Corridor 

ID Program will strengthen the partnerships and project pipeline necessary to reshape America’s 

passenger rail network for generations to come,” said Bose.

The notice establishing the Corridor Identification and Development program is published in 

today’s Federal Register. Click here to view the notice. 

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